[OpenAFS] rsync on afs-client
Neulinger, Nathan
nneul@umr.edu
Fri, 28 Mar 2003 08:15:17 -0600
Or just use vos dump. It's pretty easy to build any sort of backup
system around vos dumps with incremental and full dumps.=20
-- Nathan
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Nathan Neulinger EMail: nneul@umr.edu
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> From: Matt Bacchi [mailto:mbacchi@gmavt.net]=20
> Sent: Friday, March 28, 2003 7:57 AM
> To: openafs-info@openafs.org
> Subject: Re: [OpenAFS] rsync on afs-client=20
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> > Rsync only transfers the incremental changes, does the=20
> afs-client also
> > only load these changes over the network?
> > or is every file that is checked by rsync transferred=20
> totally over the
> > network to the afs cache?
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> The client cache will request complete files from the=20
> fileserver. rsync=20
> will then have to examine the file itself and determine what an=20
> 'incremental change' is.
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> > We are still not sure how to do backup, our next idea is to take an
> > afs
> > client and to rsync the whole afs directory tree.
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> This is not an acceptable method. AFS backup preserves ACLs,=20
> rsync does=20
> not. Your solution will require one full backup for each day of the=20
> week. How else do you propose to do a restore if some files have=20
> changed but others have not? Learn how to use the AFS backup=20
> system, it=20
> is simple enough to get a basic backup schedule in place. If=20
> you have=20
> more specific questions ask them here, or read the AFS=20
> Adminitrators Guide.
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> -Matt
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